Often criticized, the highest league in Sweden is considered by most to be, at best, a mediocre league. The quality of the matches are often low, but at rare occasions the players do surprise the spectators (and themselves) by actually performing quite well.
Allsvenskan is played spring to autumn. During the arctic winter it isn’t possible to play football in Sweden, if you don’t want spectators to freeze to death while watching. Also, frostbites can get pretty ugly when playing in minus 15 degrees celcius. Usually, the league starts sometime in the beginning of April and ends late October.
That is not the case next year, 2008. The reason for that is because Allsvenskan next year (and for the years to come) will contain 16 teams instead of the 14 of today. Also, with the European Championships next summer, the season will be compressed. So 2008 the first matches will be played in March.
Not surprisingly, the best matches are usually between the top squads.
Hammarby is never favorites to win the championship. Being one of the football clubs with the most supporters, it is often criticized in media as well by the fans to not be able to achieve everyone’s expectations. Being a supporter to Hammarby is frustrating, since it is a somewhat odd tradition for Hammarby to play really well and often beat the top clubs. But in the next match against a club which Hammarby surely should beat with 2 or 3 goals, they quite often manage to lose.
The purpose of this site is to present news about the club to the English speaking fans out there, and also to occasionally write something witty and critical about the club. Hopefully you will all enjoy coming back to this site and together we will follow the further adventures of Hammarby Football.
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